Use of antihypertensive drug therapy in older persons in an academic nursing home

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages S20-S22

  Ziesmer, Valerie ^a   Ghosh, Subrato ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive drugs; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Heart failure; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; TARGET ORGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037341603     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70299-6     Document Type: Article

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